
The Cousins
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Release Date
3/11/1959Runtime
112 minsGenres
Overview
Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a decadent, bohemian pleasure-seeker who shows the meek, diligent Charles the thrills of city life. When Charles falls for Florence, one of Paul's acquaintances, relationships begin to shift.
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FrenchBudget
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A seductive but claustrophobic portrait of innocence undone by city glamour and moral compromise. The film moves with deceptive elegance toward something quietly devastating, observing how desire and ambition corrode the bonds between men.
Mood
BittersweetWistfulUnsettling
Themes
Coming of ageCorruptionClassFriendshipLove
Tone
Ironic
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticPainterly
Structure
Two-hander
Heads up
Addiction
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